Eyeglass-frame



KNO Model.)

C. H.' FLAIG.,

EYEGLASS FRAMEa F166 HCT'. 7

WITNESSES: x IN'VENTOH;

lPaumted Peb. 9, 1897.

I INITED STATES. IPATENT OFFICE.

cnam'. n. mme, or PHILADELPHIA, rENNsvim-"Anm- EYE'eLA-ss-F'RAME.

SPECIFIATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,812, dated February 9, 1897.

v I pplieatiou filed November 20, 1895. Serial No. 569,556. (No modela To all wlw/1t i6 'lm/ lf concer/1,:

.Ue it known that I, (cinemas- 1l. FLAna-of, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have inventedA certain new and useful Improvcmen ts in Eye` 5 glass-Frames, whereof thc follo\vingisa'speeiiication, reference being had to the accompau ying drawings. v

My invention relates more particularly to the members of an cyeglass-frame which bear ered that by making said cushions as hollow..4

shells I attain the maximumof lightness` and elasticity with material tough lenough iso-withstand the usual wear upon them.

" f In the accompanying drawings, Figure-1 is a front elevation of a pair of glasses with my invention applied thereto.l Fig. isanfenf larged perspective view of one of the ausili-'- ioned members. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of said member with the cushion removed and -sl1o\ving means for attaching the same. Fi". Je 1s a perspective View of said'cushion. Fig.

5 is a view showing the normal cross-section of the cushion of Fig. 2. Fig. Gis a fragmentary plan section showing the cross-section of said cushion when bearing upon the nose.- Fig. 7 is a cross-section of a cushion, showing a method of securing the same upon the supporting member.

In the convenient embodimentol my invention shown in said figures, A ist-he skeleton frame of glasses Il B, provided with the usual scrcw-tln-cznled posts or lugs a a, to which the nose-bearing members C of said ltrame are secured by screws c,passi n g through holes c in the arms C -of said members. Each member C is provided with end elipse-i', by whielithehollow cushion l) is clamped in position, v 'Asindicated in Figs. f. and 3, the opened elipse-@are slipped withinthe hollow cushion D and closed to firmly clamp the ends thereupon the nose of the wearer; and -itllas fori` of between said clips le and themember U, as

I prefer to make said hollow7 cushions l) of cut. lengths of'ordinary soft-rubber tubi ug.

As shown. in Figs. 4and 5, thclnormal section .of said tubing is circular, but, as shown 1n Fig. 6, the hollow construction 'of said cushion permits it to yield under pressure and thus conform throughoutits length to the contou r of the surface upon which it'r'ests I prefer to adapt the member!) tothe normal shape of the cushion D, and therefore said member, as Aindicated 4in Figs. G and 7,

is concave in its proximal' face.

I d'o not ldesireto lim-it myself tothe procise construction which I havev shown and de scribed, as it is obvious that various modifi# cations may be made therein without depart-v ing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim- 1' 1. 'lhecombinationof a nose-bearing inembel-ot' a glass-frame, a cylindrical hollow cush ion, mounted upon the bearing side or face of `said nose-bcaring member, means to secure the said cushion upon said nose-bearing menu ber, and a co l i cavc portion of said nose-bearcushion intermediate ot' its length, suhslnn t-ially` as set forth.

2. The combination ol' a nose-bearing member of a glass-frame, a hollow cushion, coinprising an open ended soft rubber tube Amounted upon thebearingside or face of said l nose-:bearing member, and clips upon `said nose-bearing member, adapted to secure the ends of said tube,substantially as setforth.

3. The combination of a nose-bearing meinl her of a glass-frame, provided with a concave s bearing-face, a ho l1o\v /cushion mounted upon said .bearing-face, and means to secure the said cushion upon said `face, snbstz'mtially u.-; Set tol-th.

. nannies u". itfuc.l 'Witnessesz A. E. Pinon, S. H. Giesen.

lng member, adapted to lateral lysnpportsaii l 

